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Democrats Demand Answers on DOGE's Use of AI

Members of the #House Oversight Committee sent dozens of requests to federal agencies... about their use of #AI software—& how #ElonMusk could benefit.
wired.com/story/elon-musk-fede

“The #American people entrust the federal #government with sensitive personal info... on the basis that this #information will not be disclosed or improperly used... including through the use of an unapproved & unaccountable 3rd-party AI #software.”

#Musk#USPol#News
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From US Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-a

"The US District Court for the District of Columbia has issued an injunction commanding #DOGE to comply with citizen requests under the Freedom of Information Act. This #law encompasses the Federal #Privacy Act of 1974, which entitles any citizen to access personal #information held in any US #government records system."

Privacy Act request form link:
s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-

Fill it out. Send it in.

#ElonMusk#Musk#FOIA
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"I’d say it cost us at least a full day’s #productivity, if not more"
muskwatch.com/i/158555627/id-s

"But in an update... #OPM removed wording describing responses as “explicitly voluntary.” The new PIA states, “The consequences for failure to provide the requested #information will vary depending on the particular #email at issue.” #DonaldTrump has also said that federal employees who do not respond could lose their #jobs."

#ElonMusk#Musk#Coup
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Trump's attempt to clean up after Elon Musk backfires

One question remains: What is the true motivation behind Musk's #DOGE project?
salon.com/2025/03/07/attempt-t

"What #Elon is after... All the LLMs have sucked in all the #data. Now they need more to have an advantage.

... #Government is the biggest trove of #information on the planet...

"why do you rob banks? Because that's where the money is. Why do you rob govt agencies? Because that's where the data is."

#Musk#Coup#Tech
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DOGE’s credibility is shot.
robertreich.substack.com/p/thi

"DOGE has saved the govt just $2 billion. That comes to 1/35 of 1% of the federal budget.

Repeated #errors have raised questions about the quality & veracity of the #information Musk’s #DOGE is putting out. The mistakes also call into question the team members’ competence — whether they understand the #government well enough to cut it while avoiding catastrophe."

#ElonMusk#Musk#Coup

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DOGE targets child support database full of income data

Associates of Elon Musk’s group provoked yet another clash with career civil servants over sensitive #government records
archive.is/HBz70#selection-517

"Elon Musk’s #DOGE team has clashed with civil servants over... #information or systems kept by the #Treasury Dept, #IRS and #SocialSecurity Admn, among other agencies.

Earlier this week, however, DOGE... targeted... perhaps the most sensitive of all"

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Earlier this week, however, #DOGE associates targeted what several experts & government officials described as perhaps the most sensitive of all — a system within a broader govt database created to help enforce #ChildSupport payments, which pulls a vast trove of #information, including income data linked to nearly ALL US WORKERS [not just those working for the Federal Govt].

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#DOGE has sought access to a powerful database of nearly all US workers’ earnings kept by the #health dept’s #ChildSupport office, setting off another disagreement w/career staff over demands for legally #protected records, acc/to 4 people familiar w/the matter.

Over the last several weeks, #billionaire #ElonMusk’s team has clashed w/ #CivilServants over attempts to #access privileged #information or systems kept by the #Treasury Dept, #IRS & #SocialSecurity, among other agencies.

A quotation from Arendt

The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed?

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Interview (1973-10) with Roger Errera, Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/arendt-hannah/45087/

Le saviez-vous ? Le premier jour ouvré du mois est désormais le jour de parution de la #lettre d'#information régionale de l'Insee #Normandie. Un concentré d'actualités régionales de l'Institut et plus encore.

insee.fr/fr/information/241563

À l'honneur ce mois-ci, notre synthèse de la mise à jour de la géographie prioritaire en Normandie. Mise en perspective avec l'article du blog Insee concernant cette mise à jour des #QPV 2024

Bref 😉, vous pouvez vous abonner :

insee.fr/fr/information/140555